113: Diabetes Guidelines Investigated: What They Still Don't Say

About this episode

This episode discusses the disconnect between updated U.S. dietary guidelines and unchanged diabetes care guidelines, highlighting the confusion in blood sugar management.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything you’ve been told for blood sugar control, yet your numbers still won’t budge, this episode will make things click. For the first time in years, U.S. dietary guidelines have shifted toward real metabolic science, prioritizing protein, whole foods, and acknowledging lower-carbohydrate approaches, while diabetes care guidelines remain vague and largely unchanged. That disconnect matters, and it explains much of the confusion people feel around foo...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Jedha

Topics covered

• diabetes management
• dietary guidelines
• blood sugar control
• metabolic science
• nutrition

Keywords

• diabetes
• blood sugar
• dietary guidelines
• nutrition
• metabolic science
• protein
• whole foods
• lower-carbohydrate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. dietary guidelines, diabetes care guidelines

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